Bio of Ernest C. MILLER (b.1868), Wright Co., MN
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Bios from: Mitchell, William Bell,
History of Stearns County, Minnesota. Volume II.
Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr. and Co. 1915.
Page 963 + 964
Ernest C. Miller, a prosperous and scientific farmer of Lynden,
was born in fair haven township, February 4, 1868, son of Daniel
D. and Harriet (Dawson) Miller. He was brought to Lynden township
when only a few months old and has since continued to reside here.
He attended public schools, leaned farming from his father, and
remained on the home farm until 1886. Then he purchased 40 acres
in section 16. Later he purchased eighty acres more. All this
land was wild. He cleared, grubbed and broke it himself, and has
brought it to a high degree of cultivation. He also erected a good
house and sightly barns, doing nearly all the carpenter work himself.
Year by year he has achieved prosperity until now he is one of the
leading men of his community. He is a hard worker, a deep thinker,
a wide reader and a good business man. His farming is conducted
along the lines of the latest discoveries. His herd of mixed Jerseys
have brought him a large income producing the best milk and cream.
His Poland-China swine are also the pride of the neighborhood. He
has also achieved good results with the usual crops. Mr. Miller,
with all his busy life, finds time to devote to public affairs, and
he has been director for some years of School District No. 169, as
was his father before him. He was one of the members that aided in
incorporating the Clearwater Co-operative Creamery, and is also a
member to the Farmers' Club. Mr. Miller was married March 20, 1895,
to Mary S. Meacham, who was born in Osseo, Minn., June 5, 1877.
This union has been blessed with five children: Morris Alvin, born
April 12, 1896; Theodore Willis, born April 9, 1900, and died two
months later; Julia Olive, born September 14, 1906; Floyd Clifford,
born April 30, 1908; and Effie Adelia, born April 15, 1910. Mary S.
Meacham, now wife of Ernest C. Miller, is the daughter of William M.
and Julia (Chinver) Meacham. William H. Meachan was descended from
the Meacham family, which dates in America from 1613, and figures
prominently in the Colonial annals. He was the father of six
children: John N. of Long Beach, California; Mary S., wife of
Ernest C. Miller; Agnes, wife of Henry James of Minneapolis;
Adelia, wife of William Delaney, of St. Paul; Rachael, wife of
Alva Newman, of Fair Haven township; and; Nettie, a half sister
to the children.